Note: This is my 37th special Window on Eurasia about the meaning and impact of the planned Olympiad on the nations in the surrounding region. These WOEs, which will appear each Friday over the coming year, will not aim at being comprehensive but rather will consist of a series bullet points about such developments. I would like to invite anyone with special knowledge or information about this subject to send me references to the materials involved. My email address is paul.goble@gmail.com Allow me to express my thanks to all those who already have. Paul Goble
Sochi Olympic Park ‘Still Under Construction,’ Visitors Say. Although Russian officials insist that everything is almost ready for the games, Western journlists who have visited Sochi says that the Olympic park is "still under construction” and that "workers are scrambling to finish the athletes’ housing facilities.” They also ...